Daytona Beach, FL. (June 30, 2006) - Steering clear of the carnage out on the racetrack, rookie Tracy Hines piloted the No.12 Beach Bash Dodge to a 29th place finish in the Winn-Dixie 250 Friday night at the Daytona International Speedway.
After battling an extremely tight racecar in Thursday's two practice sessions, Hines would be forced to start the 250-mile event from the 40th position. Not long into the green flag run Hines updated his crew on the handling of his machine.
"It's turning better." Hines radioed his crew. "It's real tight when I'm behind anybody, and I'm a little loose off a two."
A scheduled green flag stop on lap 47 would see Hines bring his No. 12 Beach Bash Dodge to pit road for four tires and fuel. Unfortunately a caution for debris on lap 53 trapped Hines a lap down to the leaders.
With the help of spotter Scott Clodfelter, Hines would manage to avoid the spinning cars in not one, but two multi-car wrecks. Fearing he had run through some debris strewn across the track during the second wreck on lap 68, Hines elected to bring the No.12 down pit road to the attention of his crew. The Beach Bash crew quickly went to work changing four tires, adding Sunoco fuel, as well as making both wedge and track bar adjustments.
Hines quickly radioed crew chief, Eddie Buffington with an update on the handling of his Dodge Charger. "I can't stay in the throttle, it's tight initially, then snaps loose, I'm doing all I can."
Hines would battle the tight-loose condition for the remainder of the 100-lap event and bring home the Beach Bash Dodge in 29th place.
The NASCAR Busch Series heads to the Chicagoland Speedway July 8th for the USG Durock 300. TNT and MRN will cover all the racing action beginning at 4:00 p.m. ET.
Olympia Steel Buildings is a proud co-sponsor of the No.12 Dodge owned by FitzBradshaw Racing
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